Here are just a few photos of the local wildlife enjoying their time at the lough in Cork.
Wildlife at the Lough, Cork
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Charles Fort, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Charles Fort is a star shaped fortification located in Kinsale just south of the village of Summer Cove. The site is just one of the National Monuments of Ireland. Opening hours, admission fees and so forth can be found online at heritageireland.ie.
A Family Stroll
The following photographs were taken in May 2004 – almost 8 years to the day.
St Fin Barres Cathedral Exterior
Some Photos along the Western Road at Night
The following are just a few photographs taken on a recent trip to Cork. The first photo below is taken from the main gate into University College Cork, looking out of the gate towards the T-Junction that lies directly outside it.
The next photograph is of some apartments that are lit-up with some nice reflections to be seen on the water, they are located on the Western Road, 5 minutes of less from the city centre.
The final two photographs are of the River Lee Hotel, that was built about five years ago, once again this is situated on the Western Road about 3/4 minutes from the main gate of UCC.
St Fin Barres Cathedral Interior
Following on from a comment received about my recent night-time exterior photos of St Fin Barres Cathedral, Cork. I took a look through some of my previous photographs and found a set of interior shots dating back to August 2003. These photographs were taken on a 3.1 Megapixel camera, which had a 3 x optical zoom, which at the time wasn’t too bad. The photos below should at least give you some sense of what the building & space is like. I shall have to visit once again the next time I am in the general area as cameras have advanced greatly it what is almost a decade now.
St Fin Barres Cathedral at Night
The following photographs are of St Fin Barres Cathedral in Cork, Ireland at Night. It is located just minutes from University College Cork. The following sites can provide additional information about the cathedral wikipedia, wordpress. It’s well over 140 years old, with its spires being able to be seen from across a large portion of the city. At night as you can see it’s lit up dramatically adding to the city’s skyline.
The Quad & Honan Plaza UCC at Night
After the RGU School of Computing team arrived in Cork for the IrlCPC Programming Competition, we set off on a short tour around the campus. It was roughly between 22:00 and 22:30, so the Quad and Honan Plaza were lit up.
The first photo above is of the archway leading to the Quad, legend has it that as a student if you walk across the crest you will fail your exams.
The East Wing of the Quad
The North Wing of the Quad
The West Wing of the Quad
The North Wing of the Quad, looking straight along the North/South path of the Quad. Once again another certain way to fail your exams is to walk across the Quad.
Panoramic Image of the Quad at Night
A section of the UCC Library, known as the Fish Tank, due to the students studying behind the large panels of glass that look out on to the Quad. It was interesting to see that quite a few students were hard at work studying even thought it was around 22:30 on a Friday evening.
The Honan Plaza, with the Student Centre on the Left and the Honan Chapel directly ahead
The Honan Plaza and Chapel
Irish Collegiate Programming Contest (IrlCPC)
I received word just a short while ago that the Irish Collegiate Programming Contest (IrlCPC) being hosted in Cork Ireland will be going ahead for 2012. This year the competition is being opened up to provide an additional category for postgraduate students and faculty members.
Teams can attempt to solve the problems using any of the main stream programming languages i.e. Python, C, C++, Java or C#. The undergrad level competition is based on teams of three students and a coach, all from the same University / Institute.
Registration is open until 24th February 2012. The competition will run for an entire day with registration beginning at 10:00 and the final awarding of prizes concluding at 18:00 in the evening. The competition itself will take place on Saturday the 24th of March 2012.
One can see photographs of the 2010 competition available from here. You can also access last years photographs from here. If you are interested in setting up a team and joining in the fun then get in touch with me. To learn more about the competition take a good look at the IrlCPC site.
